Annie John [Lingua inglese]: Jamaica Kincaid - Brossura

Kincaid, Jamaica

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099773813 ISBN 13: 9780099773818

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2000

Riassunto

The island of Antigua is a magical place: growing up there should be a sojourn in paradise for young Annie John. But, as in the basket of green figs carried on her mother's head, there is a snake hidden somewhere within. Annie John begins by adoring her beautiful mother, but inexplicably she comes to hate her. Adolescence takes this brilliant, headstrong girl into open rebellions and secret discoveries - and finally to a crisis of emotions that wrenches her away from her island home.

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Recensione:

"So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us...and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth" (New York Times Book Review)

"An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer...thrilling" (Susan Sontag)

"Movingly real...Its poetry is grounded in detail, in the lovingly rendered life of its adolescent heroine" (Washington Post)

"So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl’s passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness" (LA Times)

Descrizione del libro:

‘So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl’s passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness.’ LA Times

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0099773813
• ISBN 13: 9780099773818
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160